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obovata, apice ambitu rotundata, basi in petiolum subsensim 
attenuata, margine in dimidio superiore dentata, dentibus sat 
magnis 8-12, crasse papyracea, utrinque albo-lanuginosa, nervis 
obscuris. Capitula numerosa in glebam circ. 5 cm. diametro 
congesta e foliis semiprotrusa ; involucri phylla exteriora circ. 
2.5 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata, lineari-lanceolata, longe acuminata, 
capillis longis albis vel fulvidis articulatis dense lanuginosa, 
interiora circ. I cm. longa, 2-3 mm. lata, oblanceolata vel 
obovata, straminea marginibus hyalino-scariosis, nitentia glabra 
apice sparsim pilosulo excepto. Corolla circ. 1.2 cm. longa; 
pappus plumosus 1 cm. longus albidus ; setae exteriores paucae. 
Achenium immaturum glabrum. 
“West China :—At A-tun-tsu, N.W. Yunnan, on screes at 
15,000-16,000 ft. Aug. 1913.” F. Kingdon Ward. No. ro16. 
uyo\3 Saussurea velutina, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. uniflorae, Wall. a qua sociisque foliis dense 
et mollissime tomentosis inter alia differt. 
Planta erecta 30-35 cm. alta caule simplici robusto laxe 
albido-piloso basi glabrescente. Folia radicalia delapsa ; caulina 
6-12, suberecta, 8-14 cm. longa, 1-1.5 cm. lata, lineari-lanceolata 
vel sublinearia, apice acuminata indurato-apiculata, basi in 
partem petiolarem vix discretam semiamplexicaulem attenuata, 
margine remote et minute serrulata, utrinque molliter fulvido- 
tomentosa, nervis celatis, costa media tantum visibili; folia 
involucrantia 3—4 cm. longa, capitulum semi-includentia, obovata 
vel subelliptica, remote serrata vel subintegra, breviter acumi- 
nata, purpurea, laxe albido-pilosa. Capitulum solitarium 3-4 
cm. diametro pedunculo brevi crasso suffultum; involucri 
phylla circ. 1.5 cm. longa anguste lanceolata, acuminata, plus 
minusve albido-villosa, exteriora utraque facie nigrida, interiora 
straminea marginibus nigris. Corolla 1.5 cm. longa pappo 
interiore circ. r cm. longo sordide albo, setis exterioribus 
‘4-5 mm. longis scabridulis, acheniis vix maturis oblongis circ. 
3 mm. longis atrobrunneis glabris. 
** West China :—On the Bei-ma-shan, N.W. Yunnan, on 
screes at 16,000 ft. 1913.’’ F. Kingdon Ward. No. 1093. 
\\1> Schefflera (Heptapleurum) dumicola, W. W. Sm. _ Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. salweenensi, W. W. Sm. et S. shweliensi, 
W. W. Sm. a quibus foliolorum oblongorum subtus glaucorum 
forma atque textura inter alia differt 
Frutex 4-6 m. altus. Folia superiora tantum visa petiolo 
15-40 cm. longo glabro suffulta; foliola 5-9, petiolulis 1.5—4.5 
cm. longis praedita; lamina 15-24 cm. longa, 4-5 cm. lata, 
